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Plants grow in many different habitats. Ideal conditions for most are probably to be found in the tropical rainforest. There, warm temperatures and abundant rainfall promote rapid growth. Moving away from this ideal, plants adapted to a wide range of more challenging habitats. When rainfall is less, plants have evolved adaptations to locate, store, and conserve the limited and unreliable supplies of water, culminating highly specialized desert plants. Where temperatures are lower, different adaptations have come into play with equally specialized results in the high mountains and Arctic tu...